Improvement in foot-rests



LEWIS M. ANGLE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOOT-RESTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 162,737, dated May 4, 1875 application filed March 19, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I', Lnwrs M. ANGLE, of the city of Chicago and State of Illinois, have invented-a new and Improved Foot-Rest for Easy-Chairs 5 and I hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which-- Figure lis a perspective view of a chairseat having my improved rest. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap and convenient foot-rest for easy-chairs", and it consists in a sliding frame moving within ways beneath the chair-bottom and having its outer ends provided with a foldingcushion and folding-supports, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order that those skilled in the art may make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out In the said drawings, A is the seat of an easy-chair. Beneath its frame and running from front to rear are two grooved bars, a a, forming ways in which slides a frame, B, on arib, b, which ts in the grooves a a. Hinged near the forward end of the frame B is a rest or cushion, C, so arranged that it folds Within the frame, or opens and lies against the front bar d of the frame, as seen in Fig. 2. Beneath the bar d, and working in eyes attached to it, are swinging legs E madein one piece. Near or at the center of the connecting portion of the legs is a staple or eye, e, so located that when the legs are down it lies against the bar d. A strap, i, is fastened to the eye e, and passes up through aslot in the bar d, and its end is attached to the cushion C at a. The length of the strap t' is such that when the cushion C is opened out the legs E drop by gravity into a vertical position, and sustain the frame-work, as seen in Fig. 2. \Vhen the cushion is not in use it is folded into the frame B, and as this is done the strap t' is straightened until the tension on the staple e turns the legs E up under .the frame, when it is pushed in under the seat A. Thus, as the cushion C is folded down at the same time the legs E, through means of the strap and staple c acting as a lever, are folded in a horizontal position beneath the frame B. I prefer to further utilize the frame B by attaching to it the receptacle H, which furnishes a convenient drawer for holding slippers or other small articles.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In combination with the scatframe of an easy-chair, the sliding frame B, folding cushion C, folding legs E, provided with the staple e and connecting-strap i, all constructed and operated substantially as set forth.

' LEWIS M. ANGLE.

Witnesses:

A. C. HoLLowAY, A. HILL. 

